The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-30
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L-sHE MISSES HER SISTER.
July I'll wander about the house in a mood
Of unutterable sadness for my dear sister Caro-
line has left home to-day with my mother, and
shall not see them again for several weeks.
They have accepted lonc-standing invitation
10 visit some old friends of ours, the MARKETS..
who live at Versailles for cheapness-my mother
thinking it will be for tho good of Caroline to
zee a little of France and Paris. But don't
quite like her going 1 fear she may lose some
Of that child-like simplicity and gentleness
which so characterize her, and have been nour-
ished by the seclusion of her life here. Her
Bolicitude about her pony before starting was
luite touching, and she made me promise to
visit it daily. and see that it came to no harm.
Caroline gone abroad. and / left herei 1t is
the reverse of ordinary situation. for good
ill-luck has mostly ordained that should be
the absent Mother will be quite tired out
by the young enthusiasm of Caroline She will
demand to be taken everywhere-to Paris, con-
tinually, OF course; to all the stock shrnes OF
history's devotees; to palaces and prisons. to
kings sombs and queens tombs, to cemeteries
End picture galleries. and royal hunting forests
My poor mother. having gone over most OF this
ground many times before, will perhaps not find
the perambulation exhilaratnR as will Caro-
line herself. I wish I could have gone with
them. / would not have minded having my legs
walked off to please Caroline. But this regret
is absurd / could not of course, leave my father
with not a soul in the house to attend to the
calls OF the parishioners or to pour out his tea.
July ia letter from Caroline to-day. 1t
IL very strange that she tells me nothing which
Iexpected her to tell-only trivial details. She
seems dazzled by the brilliancy of Paris, which
douh hril tn har fron ha act
of her only being able to obtain occasional
gimpses of it. She would see that Paris too,
has q seamy side if you lived there. was not
aware that the MARKETS. knew many people.
If, as mother has said, they went to reside at
Versailles for reasons of economy, they will not
effect much in that direction while they make a
practice OF entertaining all the acquaintance
who happen to be in their neiehborhood. They
do not con6ne their Inequalities to English peo-
pie, either. 1 wonder who this NJ. De la Heste
is, in whom Caroline says my mother is much
Interested.
July 1S.-Another letter from Caroline. /
have learned from this epstle that M. Charles
de la Heste is 'only one of the many friends
of the MARKETS." that though Frenchman by
birth, and now again temporarily at Versailles.
he has lived in England many, many years;
that be. is a talented landscape and marine
painter, and has exhibited at the salon. and 1
think in London. His style and subjects are
considered somewhat peculiar in Paris-rather
English than continental. / have as yet
learned his age or his condition, married or
yingle. From the tone and nature of her re-
marks about him he sometimes to be a
middle aged family man, sometimes quite the
reverse. From his nomadic habits should say
.he latter is most likely. He has travelled and
about English literature than she knows herself.
July 2L-Letter from Caroline. Query: Is "a
friend of ours and MARKETS." of whom she now
anonymously and mysteriously speaks, the same
parsonage as the NJ. de la Heste," of her former
letters7 He must be the same, I think, from
his pursuits II SO. whence this sudden change
OF tone9 have been lost in thought
for at least quarter of an hour since writing
the preceding sentence. Suppose my dear sister
is falling in love with this young man-there is
no longer any doubt about his age; what a very
awkward, risky thing for her! do hope that my
mother has an eye on these proceedings But
then poor mother never the drift of any
thing. She is in truth less of a mother to Caro-
line than am. If ! were there, how jealousy
would watch them, and ascertain mis- designs!
am of a stronger nature than Caroline. How
/ have supported her in the past in her little
troubles and great griefs! Is she agitated at
the presence of this, to her, new and strange
feeline2 But am assuming her to be desper-
ately in love, when L have proof Of anything
OF the kind He may be merely a casual friend,
of whom 1 shall hear more.
July 24-Then he is a bachelor, as I suspect
ed eff NJ. de la Heste ever marries he will"
etc. So she writes. They getting into close
quarters obviously. Also, something to keep
my hair smooth, which NJ. de la Heste told me |
he had found useful for the tips of his mustache"
Very naively related this, and with how much |
of the intimacy between them |
that the remark reveals But my mothe--what |
can she be doingl Does she know of this? And. |
il So why does she not allude to it in her letters
TO my father9 have been to look at |
Carolne's pony in obedience to her reiterated |
request that would not miss day in seeing |
that she was we'll cared for. Anxious as Caro- |
line about this pony of hers before starting |
she now never mentions the poor animal once in |
her letters. the image of her pet suffers from
August 3-Caroline's forgatfulness Of her
pony has naturally enough extended to me. her
sister. It is ten days since she last wrote. and |
but for a note from my mother 1 should not
know if she were dead or alive.
H.-NEws INTERESTING AND SERIOUS
August 5-A cloud of letters. A letter from
another from mother also one from
eAcn TO nv IAtner
The probability to which all the intelligence
from my sister has pointed of late turns
out 10 be fact. There is an engagement. or al
most an engagement announced between my
dear Coroline and M. de la Heste-to Caroline's
srblrne happiness and my mothers entire salts
faction. as we'll as to that OF the Marlats They
and my mother to know all about the
young man-which is more than do, though
little extended information about him, consider
ing that am Caroline's eldest sister. would not
have been amiss. half feel with my father.
WHO is much surprised and, am sure. not alto
&c Their satisfied that he should not have been
consulted at all before matters reached such
definite stage. though.he is too amiabe to say
so openly don't quite say that good thing
should have been hindered for the sake of
opinion If it is a good thing; but the announce |
ment comes very suddenly. It must have been
foreseen by my mother for some time that this
upshot WAS probable. and Caroline might have
told me more distinctly that II. de Ia Heste was
her lover, instead of ailuding to him mysteri-